For over a decade, the Rotary Club of New Canaan has supported the International Mine Clearing efforts of the HALO Trust. On July 20, 2017, the club welcomed the HALO Trust's United States Executive Director, Adam Jasinski, to our meeting.

For over a decade, the Rotary Club of New Canaan has supported the International Mine Clearing efforts of the HALO Trust. On July 20, 2017, the club welcomed the HALO Trust's United States Executive Director, Adam Jasinski, to our meeting.

Adam joined the HALO Trust in 2008, and since then has worked on operations in Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Myanmar, Georgia, Afghanistan and Mozambique, most recently setting up HALO demining operations in Eastern Ukraine. Before joining HALO, Adam worked as a journalist at the British Broadcasting Corporation. He studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and Tbilisi State University. In 2016, he took up post as Executive Director of HALO USA.

Earlier this year, at HALO's 20th Anniversary Celebration at Kensington Palace in the UK, the Trust announced the LANDMINE FREE 2025 Campaign and set the ambitious goal of ridding the globe of all known land mines. Prince Harry delivered the keynote address honoring his mother, Princess Diana, who was an early supporter of the HALO Trust: